What's up with 1 numbers?

[rarysgaard]

When I 1st started with the E-trac all the 1 ferrous numbers turned out to be iron and after much digging of trash, I quit digging them. Recently I have dug some just to see what they were and they turned out to be clad pennies. Can someone explain to me what is going on with these numbers and why? They were not exceptionally deep targets.All were in the 3 to 6" range. Thanks! P.S. I live in Minnesota so I don't think mineralization is a factor.

 

[banditicey]

Check the Charts above in regards to number designation

The "1" and 40's and specifically High 40's is usually a GOOD SILVER

Unfortunately, I cannot say anything about Memorials, they come through at all sorts of number aside from 12-45(common for my area)

The first number which is Conductive is always better if lower as I found Barber Dimes at 6/8-42/43

Good Luck and just another Learning Curve Thing

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

There are several #'s charts for the E-Trac around. Do yourself a HUGE favor and learn the tones first. Tones are ALWAYS much better indicators of a good target than #'s. Specially at depth.

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

That is a weird one. I don't think I've ever found or remember finding a penny with a CO reading of 01. You may have had some trash iron in the hole as well and did not realize it.

 

[Goes4ever]

I have pennies, dimes, even quarters come in with an FE of 01..... But they were all deep targets nothing shallow

 

[tippyhound]

Over the last 18 months with my E-Trac I to have had a tendency to ignore low (01) Ferrous readings, having past up numerous such reading, about a week ago I was hunting a old golf course I have permission to hunt when I got a Fe(01)-CO(44) reading at three inch's. What really caught my attention was the very high pitched audio sound (Like a silver quarter). My wife was with me at the time and I told her I have no idea what this target is but that high pitched audio says dig me, and I did. Am really glad I did. I won't ignore them any more. This is one of largest and nicest (marked Sterling) silver rings I have ever dug.

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Over the last 18 months with my E-Trac I to have had a tendency to ignore low (01) Ferrous readings, having past up numerous such reading, about a week ago I was hunting a old golf course I have permission to hunt when I got a Fe(01)-CO(44) reading at three inch's. What really caught my attention was the very high pitched audio sound (Like a silver quarter). My wife was with me at the time and I told her I have no idea what this target is but that high pitched audio says dig me, and I did. Am really glad I did. I won't ignore them any more. This is one of largest and nicest (marked Sterling) silver rings I have ever dug.

I'm with you. I always dig my 01 FE's, just in case it might be BIG silver.

 

[banditicey]

Over the last 18 months with my E-Trac I to have had a tendency to ignore low (01) Ferrous readings, having past up numerous such reading, about a week ago I was hunting a old golf course I have permission to hunt when I got a Fe(01)-CO(44) reading at three inch's. What really caught my attention was the very high pitched audio sound (Like a silver quarter). My wife was with me at the time and I told her I have no idea what this target is but that high pitched audio says dig me, and I did. Am really glad I did. I won't ignore them any more. This is one of largest and nicest (marked Sterling) silver rings I have ever dug.

REALLY REALLY NICEEEEE

Thanks for the Photo's

 

[gunwolf]

I have found several silver rings this year , 1-46,47 seems to be what they hit at.

 

[Raven69]

I have only had my E Trac for a few weeks. I have had a few targets that give a nice high tone and show a 1-48-50 id, but the thing is I can't pinpoint them
When I get one I do as per other targets, move off to the side, select pinpoint and go back over the target and nothing?

Sometimes pinpoint wil lead me off to a nearby target but not the 1-40 target. I haven't dug one as I have been in parks and didn't want to go digging a huge hole looking for something.

Any ideas?

 

[Goes4ever]

I have only had my E Trac for a few weeks. I have had a few targets that give a nice high tone and show a 1-48-50 id, but the thing is I can't pinpoint them
When I get one I do as per other targets, move off to the side, select pinpoint and go back over the target and nothing?

Sometimes pinpoint wil lead me off to a nearby target but not the 1-40 target. I haven't dug one as I have been in parks and didn't want to go digging a huge hole looking for something.

Any ideas?

sounds like you need to learn to pinpoint without using the pinpoint button. Have you seen my video explaining how to do it?

 

[Raven69]

I have only had my E Trac for a few weeks. I have had a few targets that give a nice high tone and show a 1-48-50 id, but the thing is I can't pinpoint them
When I get one I do as per other targets, move off to the side, select pinpoint and go back over the target and nothing?

Sometimes pinpoint wil lead me off to a nearby target but not the 1-40 target. I haven't dug one as I have been in parks and didn't want to go digging a huge hole looking for something.

Any ideas?

sounds like you need to learn to pinpoint without using the pinpoint button. Have you seen my video explaining how to do it?

I have seen your video and I have tried your method. I find using the pinpoint button more accurate. My pinpointing skills aside this still doesn't explain why in pinpoint mode the detector wont "see" the target. What I was asking is, is this target id of 1-high 40s likely to be iron when pinpoint wont "see" the target?

 

[gunwolf]

my pinpoint acts like that on deep targets. sometimes I have to hold it right to the ground or increase my sensitivity a little. the "wiggle" mwthod works great once you learn it, it hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Raven69]

Thanks gunwolf, Your explanation of it being a deep target makes sense, thats the info I was after
I had a go of the wiggle method in a park and was reluctant to try practising on a nice lawn. I used to use that method with my AT Pro and it worked so I will give it another go sometime.




HH

 

[tippyhound]

A hot rock will disappear when you have a good audio and you try to pinpoint. I've had many of those kind of targets and would either have no responce at all in pinpoint or hardly any. I have tried to dig some of the hardly any responses in pinpoint and have found rocks that would set the metal detector off, but nulled in pinpoint. Any more I just move on.

 

[Goes4ever]

when you use the pinpoint button you have NO IDEA what your really pinpointing, the machine will "lock" onto the strongest signal, no matter if that is the target you are after or not, using my method in my video, you can "hear" the target you want and dig with accuracy everytime. I use that method 100% of the time and it never fails me....depth of the target does not matter

 

[Raven69]

when you use the pinpoint button you have NO IDEA what your really pinpointing, the machine will "lock" onto the strongest signal, no matter if that is the target you are after or not, using my method in my video, you can "hear" the target you want and dig with accuracy everytime. I use that method 100% of the time and it never fails me....depth of the target does not matter

I appreciate what you are saying, and i'm not saying your method isn't any good, I used to do the same with my AT Pro it worked well.
I will have another go at what you suggest, but what I was having a problem with is I get a signal in the 1-40 to1-50 range and it is a good high pitched tone but pinpoint nulls over it.
Any other signals pinpoint works fine, only those in the 1-40 to 150 range are what I am interested in.

 

[gunwolf]

when you use the pinpoint button you have NO IDEA what your really pinpointing, the machine will "lock" onto the strongest signal, no matter if that is the target you are after or not, using my method in my video, you can "hear" the target you want and dig with accuracy everytime. I use that method 100% of the time and it never fails me....depth of the target does not matter

I agree 100%! when pinpointing it will lock on the closest target. if you have no other targets around, the pinpoint button is your friend... but when in heavy traffic it can be your worst enemy. that is where I do the Goes4ever wiggle...accurate 100% of the time!
sometimes I get a good tone , hit the pin point and the "lock" is 6" away from the good tone...switch the pin point off and lock on to the good tone again and do the wiggle method. I am a newbie that listens to G4E alot and I have had great success!

 

[grouser]

",,, nulling over the target while in PP" just makes no sense at all.... your as close to ALL METAL in PP as you can get,,,,,, I think mayby your not getting far enough away from the target before you hit the PP button,,,, if you are over the target and hit PP you will make it disapear and will not find it,,,,,, there is no threshold to null so I think you are cancleling the target out by being to close,,,JMHO

 

[Raven69]

Strange indeed, I will go back to where I was having this happen this weekend and see what I can come up with.



HH